52 Reasons Why Back To The Future Might Just be the Greatest Film of all Time 52 Reasons Why Back To The Future Might Just be the Greatest Film of all Time Power up the DeLorean, turn the time circuits on and get the flux capacitor! Flipboard (As our editor Matt Holmes turns 25 today, he's out of office and we are going to re-publish some old favourites. Such as this beauty from Gareth Bunkham) Power up the DeLorean, turn the time circuits on and get the flux capacitor fluxing, 'Back to the Future' has landed back in U.K. cinema's for a refreshing, and unique, nationwide re-release. This is something we've been asking studio's to do for some time, put serious money in giving genuine classics that glourious chance to find a whole new audience. To celebrate the release, he's a re-running of an old favourite. 52 reasons (in no particular order) why Back to the Future might just be the greatest film of all time (and make sure you check it out in theatres now)... 1. The Opening Scene The opening scene in 'Back to the Future' is quite simply: perfect.

It flawlessly sets up the films central themes of time and space, provides heaps of exposition, presents the clock imagery that runs through the entire franchise and foreshadows events further on the film in one simple tracking shot; but most importantly it grabs your attention instantly. Every time I watch Back to the Future I pick up on something new in that opening scene. The most recent occasion it was that one of Docs myriad clocks has a little scientist that looks remarkably like Dr. Emmett L. Brown himself hanging from one of the hands, foreshadowing that spine-tingling scene later in the film (more on that later though). 2. The Coolest Movie Car Ever You made a time machine out of a DeLorean? Ive heard all the arguments for other celluloid cars but nothing even comes close to Docs modified DeLorean  its a time machine for crying out loud! 3. Crispin Glover The man who is the very definition of the phrase cult actor got his big break in 'Back to the Future' and went on to carve out a career filled with eclectic performances coupled with a plethora of off-screen eccentricities.

Glover is brilliant as George McFly and as much of a cult hero as he has become, its a shame 'Back to the Future' wasnt the start of a more successful career for this charismatic enigma. 4. Johnny B. Goode Well its an oldie where I come from One of Back to the Futures most enduring scenes is Martys performance of Chuck Berrys legendary 'Johnny B. Goode', complete with freak-out guitar solo at the end mimicking the playing traits of some of his all-time great guitar heroes. Back to the Future - Johnny B. Goode As Marty looks out on the shocked crowd after his axe-wielding antics he realises hes lost the 50s kids and quips: I guess you guys arent ready for that yet but your kids are gonna love it. 5. The Chuck Berry reference Its your cousin Marvin Mid-way through the aforementioned performance of Johnny B.

Goode, before Martys over zealous string plucking loses the room, front man of the band playing the Enchantment Under the Sea dance, Marvin, of 'Marvin Berry and the Starlighters' fame, heads off to the side of the stage and makes a phone call. Yelling over the music to his cousin Charlie he remarks you know that new sound youre looking for? Well listen to this and holds the phone out to capture Johnny B. Goode, essentially suggesting that Marty is responsible for giving Chuck Berry the inspiration for Johnny B. Goode and the pioneering of rock n roll. This scene is typical of the clever alternate time zone pop culture references that pepper the whole 'Back to the Future' trilogy  the use of Charlie rather than Chuck and the fact that Marvins surname is Berry, means this not an obvious reference to everyone but its very well done all the same. Back to the Future in popular culture | Annex | Fandom powered by Wikia Back to the Future in popular culture 5,593pages on This article needs references that appear in reliable third-party publications.

Primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject are generally not sufficient for a Wikipedia article. Please add more appropriate citations from reliable sources . (June 2008) The Back to the Future trilogy is a comedic science fiction film trilogy written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis , directed by Zemeckis, and distributed by Universal Pictures . The plot follows the adventures of high-school student Marty McFly ( Michael J. Fox ) and scientist Dr. Emmett Brown ( Christopher Lloyd ) as they use a modified DeLorean automobile to time travel to different periods in the history of Hill Valley , California . The first film was the highest grossing film of 1985 and became an international phenomenon, leading to two sequels which were filmed back-to-back and released in 1989 and 1990 respectively.

The trilogy is widely noted for its irreverent comedy, eccentric characters and ability to incorporate complex theories of time-travel without confusing the audience.[ citation needed ] Though the two sequels did not perform quite as well at the box office as the first film, the trilogy remains immensely popular and has yielded such spin-offs as an animated television series and a motion-simulation ride at the Universal Studios theme parks in Orlando, Florida (ride now closed as of late March 2007); Universal City, California (ride closed on September 3, 2007), and Osaka , Japan . Contents Edit In one episode of the American television show Supernatural , Dean is transported to the past by an angel and has several experiences mimicking the film. Dean meets his father in a diner (the entire scene is an obvious parody), there is a minor character named Dr. Brown, Dean asks the angel if they "...got a hold of some DeLoreans or something" to send him back, He is referred to as "Future boy" and many other subtle references appear throughout the episode. A Simpsons episode titled " Bart to the Future " has an Indian sachem showing what Bart's future may look like 30 years from now.

The bully Nelson Munt is a nightclub owner with a dark suit, turtleneck, and better styled hair than he had as a child. The future Nelson's appearance and business ownership was a nod to the powerful Biff of 1985A and the title is like Back to the Future. In another episode of the Simpsons " That 90's Show ", Homer is playing a grunge song to much success, and 'Marvin Cobain' calls his cousin Kurt to let him know of the sound, in reference to the famous scene of 'Marvin Berry' calling his cousin Chuck for him to hear Marty playing " Johnny B. Goode ". The 2007 movie Knocked Up in the scene where Ben, Alison, Pete and Debbie are having dinner at a restaurant and Ben and Pete are joking about their future with Pete saying "Where we're going we don't need roads," as well as "I'm gonna throw you in my DeLorean and gun it to 88," much to the chagrin of the annoyed and confused women. There are also some references to Doc Brown.

In an episode of Stargate Atlantis , Major Shepherd suggests you would need a "really nice DeLorean" to travel through time and later names a device attached to a time travelling space ship as a "flux capacitor". British band McFly , named themselves after lead character Marty McFly. In the Disney Channel Original Movie Minutemen , Virgil, Charlie, and Zeke need to get permission to access room 77 in order to build their time machine. They get permission by having a club at their high school called, "Back to the Future Fan Club." In Garfield and Friends , the U.S. Acres episode "Quack to the Future" is a spoof of Back to the Future. The main character Garfield travels through time using a Delorean . In the 2007 Doctor Who episode " The Shakespeare Code ", the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) uses Back to the Future to explain how time can be changed to his companion Martha Jones. Kanye West 's song "Good Morning" from his Graduation album contains the third verse lyric "Look at the Valedictorians/Scared of the future while I hop in the DeLorean".

The music video also includes a flying DeLorean not unlike the one seen at the end of the first film. Kanye's "Dropout Bear" mascot tries to fly off to school in the DeLorean in the beginning of the music video when he finds out he is late for his graduation ceremony, but the car stalls and he is left to run all the way. He and his friends are later seen flying in a topless version of the car at the end of the video. The Disney Channel series Phineas and Ferb has an episode where the title characters build a "Flying Car of the Future Today" out of their mom's station wagon. Candace and Jeremy later use it on the way to rescue Phineas and Ferb, with the music in the background resembling the Back to the Future theme before they crash it. An earlier episode has Candace walking into Jeremy's house dressed like Marty in his hazmat suit.

Issue #259 of the VG Cats webcomic sees Aeris, fed up with Leo's feeble attempts at humour (mostly from internet forums), use a BTTF-style DeLorean (with visible flux capacitor) to travel many years into the past and kill him in utero, effectively 'aborting Leo from time.' (Ironically, Leo reappears two strips later despite this, claiming he 'got better') The comic features not only the time machine, but Aeris wears Marty's signature bodywarmer jacket and sunglasses; these items, along with the car's key, are initially held in an emergency-break-glass case with the label 'Break glass in case you need to make like a tree and get outta here,' a reference to the one-liner antagonist Biff regularly misuses. An episode of Pokémon: The Abridged Series has satired Back to the Future, with a girl telling Ash to defeat his future self after he became obsessed with fighting Pokémon thirty years ago, simultaneously parodying the events of lightning striking the clock tower in Hill Valley and Biff Tannen rising to power in 1985A .

In "Peter", the 16th episode of the second season of the American television series Fringe , September meets with his associates, August and December, outside of a movie theater in an alternate dimension. The movie that is listed on the theater in this alternate dimension in 1985 is Back to the Future, Staring Eric Stoltz . [1] The Spanish band Delorean name themselves after the movies time travelling DMC-12. Family Guy has made frequent references to the film: In " Meet the Quagmires ," Brian explains how the future changed a la Doc Brown. Brian takes over the dance band and plays " Earth Angel " while Peter proposes to Lois , and then when prompted, he says, "Here's a song by a gay guy," before starting to play " Never Gonna Give You Up " by Rick Astley . The injured bandleader, Rick's cousin "Marvin Astley" calls him up to listen to the song. The scene is a spoof on the performance of "Earth Angel" and " Johnny B. Goode " at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.

In the episode "The Courtship of Stewie's Father", is a flashback where Doc Brown flies away with Marty and Jennifer and says "Something's gotta be done about your kids. Your Daughter marries a black man." This offends Marty and Jennifer. In "Baby Not On Board", Peter is shown skateboarding to school with Huey Lewis and the News' The Power of Love in the background in a parody of the movie's opening. A flux capacitor is a key part of Stewie's time machine in "Mind Over Murder". Stewie's newer model time machine's return pad runs on uranium in a cylinder similar to the plutonium from Back to the Future in "Road to Germany". Also in "Road to Germany", while being chased by Nazis, Stewie 'borrows' the bottom of a vegetable vendor's wooden cart and uses it as a scooter, much as Marty McFly did in BTTF.

Parodying the almost identical scene in BTTF, when the Nazis' car catches up to Stewie's scooter, placing him in imminent jeopardy, Stewie lets the scooter travel under the car while he runs over the top of the Nazis' heads to retrieve the scooter at the back end, causing the Nazis to turn around to watch and then crash into the back of a truck filled with manure, which as a result of the impact dislodges and covers them. And when Brian and Stewie first arrive in Poland, they leave twin fire tracks just like the Delorean. Peter drives the Delorean time machine in "The Perfect Castaway". "If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'" features Peter's cousin Rufus, who stared in the fictitious blaxploitation film Black to the Future. Marty is seen shouting at Stewie during a storm in "The Juice Is Loose". In The Suite Life on Deck episode "International Dateline", the S.S. Tipton is repeatedly struck by lightning while crossing the International Dateline and sent a few hours back in time, creating a temporal loop . Lightning induced time travel is a major plot point in Back to the Future.

The second episode of Ashes to Ashes featured the central protagonist, time-travelling Detective Inspector Alex Drake , riding through London in a DeLorean twenty-seven years in the past. In the Drake & Josh TV special, Merry Christmas Drake & Josh , Crazy Steve drives off in his DeLorean, and as he did, his licence plate fell off and spun around before falling down flat on the road, just like the visual gag in the movie. In the Wizards of Waverly Place episode "Franken-Girl", Justin uses the electrical current of "1.28 gigawatts" from his wand to bring Franken-Girl to life. Back to the Future Part II Edit In the Family Guy episode " Meet the Quagmires ," Peter goes back in time and ends up not marrying Lois , altering history much like in BTTF II. In the altered timeline, Brian draws a time-line similar to Doc Brown's (while the track "Alternate 1985" from the film score plays in the background) and adds, among the things different, "for some reason, we now have a chalkboard in the living room." Peter also has a photograph of his children which fades throughout the episode, similar to Marty's.

At the end of the Family Guy special " Something, Something, Something, Darkside ," Chris receives a letter from a mysterious man. The letter is a duplicate of the one at the end of Part II, and the last lines of the special are "He's alive, the Doc's alive, i mean sure he's in 1885, but he's alive!!", mirroring the end of Part II. The man is voiced by Joe Flaherty, who played the Western Union man who delivered the letter in BTTF II. At the end of the Kappa Mikey episode "Easy Come, Easy Gonard", the Lilymu sequence shows Mikey being thrown off a roof by Gonard, but a split second later, Mikey is shown standing on the Lilymu team jet while it is elevating him back to the top, which is a spoof of a scene from the movie. In The Simpsons: Road Rage video game, Professor Frink has a flying car. He mentions that the car has a flux capacitor and that if he goes any faster, the car will travel through time.

In the racing videogame Burnout Paradise , the Back to the Future DeLorean was described as "legendary", by way of the game's downloadable content pack "Legendary Cars". The pack includes a car called the Jansen 88 Special, which looks like the Back to the Future DeLorean, and at top speeds leaves behind a trail of fire and hovers above the ground. Other cars in this pack are look-alike homages to the General Lee , the Ecto 1 and KITT from Knight Rider . On 6 July 2010 an internet phenomenon arose over the apparent arrival date of the DeLorean , a screen-cap of the time module showing a date of July 6 2010 was rapidly posted by users of Twitter and Facebook with the caption (or variations of) "Today is the day that Marty McFly arrived in the future after hitting 88mph in a pimped out Delorean in 1985". This is not strictly acurate as Marty McFly went forward (in the film) to 29th October 2015. The screen cap is from the first movie.

The first time shown (Jul 06 2010 01:21) is where Doc is planning on heading as he says he is heading to the future. When he sent Einstein to the future it was only by one minute, hence the last time departed (Oct 26 1985 01:20) at the bottom .Unfortunately the Doc never made it to 2010 as he was shot by terrorists. Back to the Future: Part III Edit In an episode of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show when the family travels back in time to the old west, when main character and father Wayne Szalinski is asked his name by the town's inhabitants, he says it's John Wayne . When his wife gives him a look of disbelief, he says that if Marty could be Clint Eastwood in Back to the Future Part III, there was no reason why he could not be John Wayne. In The Polar Express (also directed by Robert Zemeckis), the locomotive is travelling over a series of hills and dips. Meanwhile in the interior of the train, the engineers are attempting to catch the broken cotter pin that is supposed to be holding the throttle together.

In the background a flux capacitor can be seen, a nod to the Jules Verne time machine. Also in The Polar Express, the Hero Boy pulls the train's whistle and acknowledges that he's wanted to do that his whole life. This line was said by Doc Brown after he and Marty "borrow" the locomotive. A third reference present in The Polar Express is in the scene in which the locomotive halts abruptly, knocking down passengers in the process. After which, the train is then shown coming close to the camera. This scene mirrors that when Clara Clayton pulls the brakes on the locomotive she was planning on travelling on. In the 2009 Family Guy episode " Business Guy ", Peter and Lois are watching Carter's video will, but they play the wrong video, in which Carter says, "If you're watching this, it means the train was not able to push the DeLorean up to 88 miles per hour and I am still stuck in the year 1885." A reference to Part III.

Back to the Future Part 2 (2/12) Movie CLIP - Hill Valley, 2015 (1989) HD - YouTube Back to the Future Part 2 (2/12) Movie CLIP - Hill Valley, 2015 (1989) HD Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 26, 2011 Back to the Future Part II movie clips: BUY THE MOVIE: Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: CLIP DESCRIPTION: Marty (Michael J. Fox) surveys the Hill Valley of the future, marveling at of its technologies. FILM DESCRIPTION: Things have barely settled from the excitement and resolve of the original Back to the Future, when in pops that crazy inventor Dr.

Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) with news that in order to prevent a series of events that could ruin the McFly name for posterity, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox ) and his girlfriend are whisked into the future to the year 2015, where Marty must tangle with a teen rogue named Griff, who's obviously the descendant of Biff, the first Future film's bully. Marty foils Griff and his group when he jumps on an air-foil skateboard that flies him through town at rakish speeds with the loser bullies beaten again. Marty gets a money-making brainstorm before hopping in the time-traveling DeLorean, and he purchases a sports almanac. He figures that back in 1985 he'll be able to place sure-fire bets using the published sports scores of the games that are yet to happen. Unfortunately for Marty, Dr. Brown disapproves of his betting scheme -- he feels too much messing with time is very dangerous -- and he tosses the almanac. A hidden Biff overhears the discussion about the almanac, sees it get tossed out, and grabs it. Thus begins a time-traveling swirl to make the head spin.

Biff swipes the DeLorean, heads back to 1955, and with the help of the unerring almanac, bets his way to power. The now-altered "Biff world" has turned into a nightmarish scene with Biff the mogul, residing in a Vegas-styled pleasure palace and running everything. It's all our hero Marty can do to pull the pieces together this time, as he must jump between three generations of intertwined time travel. The end of Back to the Future, Part 2 introduces its sequel as the zany professor has already time-dashed away to the Wild West of the late 1800s and invites Marty into a new adventure. CREDITS: Back to the Future day is here and what the cult film got right is revealed | Daily Mail Online show ad Are we living in Back to the Future?

As movie sequel's key date of October 21st, 2015, finally arrives, we reveal what the cult film got right… and wrong In Back to the Future Part II Marty McFly and 'Doc' Brown arrive in Hill Valley on 21 October 2015 after travelling forward in time from 1985 2015 in the film had hoverboards, self-tying laces and flying cars It also featured dog-walking drones, video calls, wearables and 3D films 10 Insane Details Cut From 'Back To The Future' - Listverse Kathryn Graham October 21, 2015 The Back to the Future we know and love today was not the original draft of the script. In fact, there were at least four drafts, each filled with weird little details that eventually got cut from the final film. The writers of the classic film, Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, have graciously allowed the public to take a peek at a couple of the earliest drafts of the screenplay, allowing us to travel back in time ourselves, to a time when there was no Johnny B. Goode, no lightning, and no DeLorean.

Buckle up, because we’re about to hit 88 miles per hour. 10Marty McFly Was A Criminal Photo credit: Universal Pictures The classic opening to Back to the Future is perfect. It starts with a slow pan around a room filled with clocks, a great visual for a movie all about time and traveling through it. Then we see our hero, Marty McFly, hooking up an electric guitar to a giant amplifier. The first draft had none of this grace. In fact, the original draft of the script opened with an entirely different film. EXT. OUTER SPACE The MOTHER SHIP rises above Devil’s Tower and sails off into space to the strains of John Williams. In a moment we realize that we’re watching the end titles of “Close Encounters” That’s right. Back to the Future originally opened with the end to a totally different movie. Soon, we find out why. PULL BACK TO REVEAL that the image is on a TV monitor . . . as we continue PULLING BACK, we discover a bank of video equipment, and “Close Encounters” is being pirated, from 3/4″ cassette to VHS and Beta.

The person operating this equipment is, of course, Marty McFly. The hero of our movie is actually a movie pirate. It is quickly revealed that the video equipment is owned by Doc Brown, who is also in on this little scheme. Obviously, the studio objected to their main character stealing movies, and this little character detail was removed from all future drafts of the script. 9Doc Brown Is ‘Professor Brown’ Photo credit: Universal Pictures What would Back to the Future be without the relationship between the two main characters, Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett Brown? And what would their relationship be without Marty calling him “Doc”? Apparently, the first draft of the script. In this version, Emmett Brown is not the Doc but instead the Professor. Throughout the first draft, Marty refers to Doc as “Professor,” “Prof,” and “Pro.” None of them quite have the same ring as “Doc!” But what exactly was Emmett Brown a professor of? Why, nuclear physics, of course! MARTY A couple of years ago, he showed up at my house and hired me to sweep out this garage of his. He pays me 50 bucks a week, gives me free beer . . .

And gives me total access to his record collection—he’s got this great old record collection. (a beat) Hard to believe he was one of the world’s greatest nuclear physicists. In the final version of the movie, Doc’s just a kooky inventor who everyone in town kind of tolerates. His background never really comes up. In this version, he was clearly a nuclear physicist at some point. It’s an interesting character detail though one that was ultimately dropped when the movie hit theaters. 8The Flux Capacitor Is Powered By Coca-Cola Photo credit: Universal Pictures In the theatrical release of Back to the Future, the DeLorean ran on “regular, unleaded gasoline” and a healthy dose of plutonium. However, in the first draft, it also used something a little different. Early on in the script, Marty decides to visit Doc at his lab. Once he gets there, though, he finds Doc asleep. Like any teenager, Marty walks to the fridge, pops out a Coke, and starts snooping around. He looks over Doc’s invention, which he’s never seen before, and immediately decides to pour Coke into it (because, why not?). This causes the machine to start sparking and making noise, which wakes up Doc Brown.

Fascinated, Doc pours more into the experiment—which is the time machine, by the way—and it lights up, causing Doc to celebrate the end of his energy problems. PROF. BROWN What’s in this stuff? MARTY Nobody knows the formula for Coca-Cola. It’s the most closely guarded secret in the world! This turns out to be an incredibly convenient fuel source, as Coke is still popular and easily available when Marty travels back to the ’50s. 7A Nuclear Blast Sends Marty Back To The Future Photo credit: Universal Pictures You may remember that in the original Back to the Future, besides making sure his parents got together, Marty’s goal was to force a bolt of lightning to strike his car right as he was hitting 88 miles per hour to send him back to the future. This is a very exciting premise, but do you know what is more exciting? Nuclear bombs. In the movie, the flux capacitor needs a jolt of 1.21 gigawatts to make the jump in time. In the first draft, it didn’t need electricity at all, but rads. A rad is a unit of radiation and is typically used to measure the amount of radiation absorbed by an object.

The original draft of the script claimed the time machine required 4,400 rads, which is a huge amount—to give you an idea, a single dose of 1,000 rads is almost always fatal . Obtaining a huge amount of rads is much more difficult than obtaining a huge amount of electricity; for one thing, a bolt of lightning won’t cut it. In fact, in the 1950s, the only thing radioactive enough to produce 4,400 rads was a nuclear bomb. Conveniently enough, in the ’50s, the military was performing nuclear tests in the Nevada desert. So, Doc—or in this draft, the Professor—decides that the only way to send Marty back to the future is to drive him and the time machine out into the middle of a testing zone and let them both get hit by a nuclear bomb. Which is exactly what they do. But as we know, 4,400 rads is four times a lethal dose. So how does Marty escape without severe radiation poisoning?

6The Time Machine Was A Refrigerator Photo credit: Universal Pictures The original draft of Back to the Future was written in 1981, long before the first DeLorean was released. It’s difficult to imagine Back to the Future without its signature car. What could they possibly use? A different brand of car? An airplane? A NASA-style pod? In the ’80s, Doc builds a specially shielded box designed to handle that kind of radiation. It didn’t have any style, but it got the job done. Back in the ’50s, Doc doesn’t have a lot of time and is forced to find something with mild radiation shielding that is also big enough to hold a person. He finds a refrigerator. Remember Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull? Back to the Future did it first. They decided that the lead lining found in some refrigerators would be good enough radiation shielding to keep Marty safe. That’s right: They strapped Marty into a lead-lined refrigerator and threw him into the middle of the Nevada desert to get hit by a nuclear bomb. Luckily, the whole thing was cut once someone became worried that kids would start getting trapped in refrigerators while trying to time travel.

5Doc Brown Stole The Plutonium Photo credit: Universal Pictures The problem of how to get enough energy to travel through time has always been a big part of Back to the Future. In the past, they tried nuclear bombs and lightning bolts, but in the 1980s, they always used plutonium. In the final version of the screenplay, Doc Brown gets the plutonium necessary to travel in time from a group of Libyan terrorists. He promises to make them a bomb, but instead, he just steals the plutonium for himself. In the first draft, Doc cuts out the middleman entirely. He sneaks into a power plant and steals the plutonium himself. This has some serious repercussions when federal agents show up and threaten Marty, convinced that Doc is going to use the plutonium for a bomb. Instead of being shot by Libyans, Doc Brown ends up being shot by federal agents who think they’re taking down a terrorist. REESE You!! Shut it down!! Now!! PROF. BROWN No! Get out!! I’m in the middle of an experiment!! 4Doc Has A Pet Monkey Photo credit: Universal Pictures It’s time for a pop quiz: Who was the first time traveler in Back to the Future?

If you answered Einstein, Doc Brown’s dog, you’re correct. In the film, Doc sends Einstein, his beloved pet, to test his time machine by strapping a stopwatch around his neck and sending him one minute into the future via remote control. When the dog makes it out totally unharmed, Doc is finally able to celebrate the success of his life’s work. The first draft did not have an Einstein. Instead, it had a monkey named Shemp. The monkey is described as wearing a red coat and hat, the typical organ grinder monkey outfit. Unlike Doc’s two dogs, Einstein and Copernicus, Shemp isn’t named after a famous scientist. In fact, it seems as though Shemp may be named after Shemp Howard, the original third Stooge. Interestingly, a “Fake Shemp” is a film term referencing the replacement of one actor with another, through the use of prosthetics and fancy camera work. Back to the Future: Part II was actually at the center of a lawsuit involving Fake Shemps, when actor Crispin Glover, who played George McFly in the first film, sued the producers for using his likeness without his permission. This resulted in the Screen Actors Guild banning the use of Fake Shemps .

In the original version of the screenplay, Shemp is also the world’s first time traveler, when Doc sends him two minutes forward in time. However, unlike Einstein, Shemp doesn’t have a 1950s counterpart and is, unfortunately, never seen again after his big scene. 3Marty McFly Wears Green Shoes Photo credit: Universal Pictures This might not be the biggest of plot changes, but it is certainly unusual. Everyone knows Marty McFly’s outfit: checkered shirt, blue jeans, Nike tennis shoes, Calvin Klein underwear, and, of course, the iconic orange vest. Show anyone a picture of the clothes and they’ll tell you: “That’s Marty McFly!” However, early drafts of the scripts show that this was not always the case. In the fourth draft of the script, there’s no mention of an orange vest. Instead, Marty McFly wears bright green shoes, confusing everyone around him. SKINHEAD Biff—get a load of his shoes. This dork thinks he’s a leprechaun—he painted ‘em green! This isn’t the only change to costuming.

For example, the novelization of the movie—which was based on a later draft—makes reference to a T-shirt with a patent schematic on it. This T-shirt is visible in some early stills of Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly. Perhaps when they made the change to Michael J. Fox, they decided on a wardrobe change as well. 2Doc Has His Vision After Being Hit By A Beer Bottle Photo credit: Universal Pictures The Flux Capacitor is what makes time travel possible. In the final version of the script, Doc Brown tells this to Marty, along with the story of how he invented it. In short, he hit his head while hanging a clock and had a vision. They were still working this out as late as the fourth version of the script. In that version, Doc still tells him he got hit on the head, but when Marty asks how, he avoids the question. He does eventually find out, though, when he travels back in time. When Marty goes back to the 1955, Doc is in no mood to chat. In fact, he’s having a party and quickly shoos Marty away. Marty doesn’t give up, however and watches the party from the window. There, he witnesses the following scene.

Brown wanders over to the best-looking WOMAN in the place. Brown whispers into her ear. She responds by hitting him in the head with a BEER BOTTLE! Brown goes down, dazed. She walks off in a huff. So, now we know: Doc Brown hit on a woman, and she didn’t take it so well. Don’t worry, Doc. Your rejection invented time travel, so it’s not a total loss. 1Everything Changes At The End Photo credit: Universal Pictures At the end of Back to the Future, Marty returns home to find out that his meddling in the past did have consequences. His parents have a happy relationship, his sister is popular, his brother has a good job, and Biff isn’t such a joke. It feels like a happy ending. It wasn’t always like that. In the original draft of the movie, Marty gets home and everything it totally different. His dad is a boxer. Not only that, but technology is totally different. There are flying versions of cars from the ’50s, plastic Coke bottles with ’50s pop tops, and robot butlers, most of which were invented by Doc Brown.

Rock and roll was never invented, people still do the mambo, and there are 87 states in America. Unlike the final version, Marty traveling through time completely changed everything. That just shows the power of a rewrite. More Great Lists Back To The Future Day: Why this 80s flick is one of Hollywood's finest | Stuff.co.nz Back To The Future Day: Why this 80s flick is one of Hollywood's finest JAMES CROOT Last updated 05:00, October 21 2015 Park Circus The original Back to the Future was released in 1985. OPINION: It's a day film fans have been waiting for for nearly 30 years - Back To The Future Day. The day featured in that 1980s classic Back To The Future II when hero Marty McFly (Michael J Fox) goes back to, well, the future, as it was when the film was released in 1989: October 21, 2015.

While much attention is naturally being lavished on its future-predicting second installment, Wednesday also marks a chance to celebrate one of the most beloved movies of the 1980s. Supplied Starring Christopher Lloyd and Michael J Fox, Back to the Future has inspired everything from pop band McFly to 2010 film Hot Tub Time Machine. With a heady mix of smart, attractive leads (Michael J Fox, Lea Thompson, the DeLorean car), science-fiction, metaphysical conundrums (a younger version of your mother is attracted to you), Back to the Future is a first-rate comedy with a cracking soundtrack. The original Robert Zemeckis-directed, Steven Spielberg-backed film was not only the biggest box office hit of 1985, but also an enduring slice of pop culture for at least one generation, inspiring everything from the pop band McFly to the 2010 film Hot Tub Time Machine, as well as countless ad campaigns and headlines. And it's my favourite film of all time. Of course, it could have all been so different.

For five weeks of filming Eric Stoltz was Marty McFly and the original time-travelling device was a fridge, but Michael J Fox (the director's first choice for the role) managed to pull double time while working on the sitcom Family Ties and Zemeckis came up with the idea of using the futuristic, stainless steel, gull-winged car and the rest is history. Part of a two-year period of exceptional family-orientated films (Ghostbusters, Gremlins, The Goonies), what makes Back to the Future such a timeless classic is the way it lovingly captures both 1985 and 1955 and compares and contrasts the lives of those growing up in each. Look at the attention to detail in the two Hill Valleys, both visually and in how even the most minor of encounters sets up, or has some impact on, the future. Plus, while its special effects and high concept give the film an epic feel, its tight focus on one young man and his family's future give it an intimate quality that allows audiences of all ages to identify with it.

We've all had things we wish we could go back and fix, there are things about our parents that we'd all like to change. But of course, first and foremost, it's a cracking piece of cinema, a thrill-ride that doesn't let up, with characters you grow to care about. * Back To The Future Part II's troubled past Don't just take my word for it though. Britain's Empire magazine summed up the film ahead of it's 2010, 25th anniversary re- release in the UK by saying "show us a person who doesn't like Back to the Future and we'll show you a person who is tired of life". Across the Atlantic, research also backs claims as to the movie's enduring quality. It came out top of 150 films (released between 1935 and 2005) analysed by Cornell University psychology researchers looking for "pink noise". That's the Hollywood-friendly term used to describe the pulsatile, half-smooth, half-raggedy way we focus on the world around us.

Over the years moviemakers have got more adept at matching this with the basic shot structure of their movies and according to James E Cutting and his Cornell colleagues, who published their findings in Psychological Science, Back to the Future's tempo and editing is the best fit to the natural rhythms of the human brain. And you thought it was just a feel-good film about a time-travelling teenager.

Question: Which pop group was named for the schoolboy hero of the film 'Back To The Future'?
Answer: 'McFLY'